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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Paris]]. In ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'' she claims to have have met the [[First Doctor]] in revolutionary Paris. | * Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in [[French Revolution|revolutionary]] [[Paris]]. In ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'' she claims to have have met the [[First Doctor]] in revolutionary Paris. | ||
* ''First Meetings'' was reprinted in [[Obverse Books]]' [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''A Second Target for Tommy'' as ''When Iris Met Billy''. In this reprinting, several phrases were replaced with more ''Doctor Who''-familiar terms: "[[El Jefe]]" became "[[the Doctor]]" or "[[William Hartnell ( | * ''First Meetings'' was reprinted in [[Obverse Books]]' [[charity publication|charity anthology]] ''A Second Target for Tommy'' as ''When Iris Met Billy''. In this reprinting, several phrases were replaced with more ''Doctor Who''-familiar terms: "[[El Jefe]]" became "[[the Doctor]]" or "[[William Hartnell (in-universe)|Billy]]"; "[[Alison (First Meetings)|Alison]]" became "[[Susan Foreman|Susan]]"; "[[the Clockworks]]" became "[[Gallifrey]]"; "[[Wordship]]s" became "[[TARDIS|timeships]]"; and "[[The Maelstrom]]" became "the [[Time Vortex|Vortex]]". | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
Revision as of 19:12, 15 September 2023
First Meetings was the tenth story in the anthology Iris: Abroad. It was written by Stuart Douglas.
Summary
Iris Wildthyme recounts her first meeting with El Jefe, a refugee from a powerful race of time-travelling aliens.
Characters
Worldbuilding
- Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the Monkey God threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe."
Notes
- Iris pretends to have met El Jefe in revolutionary Paris. In The Scarlet Empress she claims to have have met the First Doctor in revolutionary Paris.
- First Meetings was reprinted in Obverse Books' charity anthology A Second Target for Tommy as When Iris Met Billy. In this reprinting, several phrases were replaced with more Doctor Who-familiar terms: "El Jefe" became "the Doctor" or "Billy"; "Alison" became "Susan"; "the Clockworks" became "Gallifrey"; "Wordships" became "timeships"; and "The Maelstrom" became "the Vortex".
Continuity
- The mysterious people of the Clockworks originated in the previous universe, but crossed the rapids so they could tend their Tale Without Meaning. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet, The Book of the War)
